Label-holder



E. 0. WONDER.

LABEL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED mums. I919.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

THE COLUMBIA ILANOGIIAPII Co., WASHINGTON, I). c.

UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

ENOS OSCAR WONDER, 0F ALTOONA, KANSAS.

LABEL-HOLDER.

Application filed March 25, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ENOS O. WONDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of WVilson and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Label-Holders, of which the follOWiIlg is a specification.

This invention relates to holders adapted to be permanently secured to railroad cars or other objects, for holding removable labels, or address cards or tickets; and it consists in the novel construction of the holders as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a label holder constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

The label holders are formed of thin sheet metal, and each holder has a back plate 2 provided with a multiplicity of holes 3 which lighten it, and which permit the insertion of small tacks or nails by means of which the device is secured to the side of a freight car or other object. These holes are spaced relatively near together and extend over the greater part of the back plate, but only a few of them are shown in the drawings. The back plate 2 is preferably wider at its rear end than at its front or entrance end, and it has hookshaped flanges 4 at its top and bottom edges. The back plate is provided with an open-ended notch 8 at one end, which permits the end portion of the label to be seized by hand, and a tongue or flange 60 is formed at the bottom of this notch and projects upwardly at a right angle to the back plate. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

Serial No. 284,888.

card or label 10 has a slot or hole 12 which is slipped over the tongue 60, and the tongue 60 has a hole 61 through which a locking device 15 such as a snap-hook, is inserted. The locking device is attached to the back plate by a cord or chain 16 so that it cannot be lost. The card or label 10 is sprung into and out of engagement with the tongue 60, and is slid in the retaining flanges l.

What I claim is:

1. A label holder, comprising a plate provided at two opposite sides with retaining flanges for the label to slide in, said plate having also at one end a notch open at one end to permit the end portion of the label to be seized by hand, said plate having also a tongue projecting at a right angle at the closed end of the said notch and adapted to engage with a hole in the label and prevent it from sliding in the retaining flanges.

2. A label holder, comprising a plate provided at two opposite sides with retaining flanges for the label to slide in, said plate having also at one end a notch open at one end to permit the end portion of the label to be seized by hand, said plate having also a tongue projecting at a right angle at the closed end of the said notch and adapted to engage with a hole in the label and prevent it from sliding in the retaining flanges, and a locking device engaging with the said tongue and holding the label in engagement with it.

In testimony whereof I have aifixed my signature.

ENOS OSCAR WONDER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

